Detergent device.



O. B. ROBINSON.

DETERGENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1914.

1,225 %96 Patented May 8, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I,

0. B. ROB INSON.

DETERGENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. 1914.

LQQ5,496 Patented May 8, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Witnesses OLINTHUS 13. noernson, or BENTON, TEXAS.

DETERGENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

-:"atentedl 1ay S, 19117,

Application filed. May '7, 1914. Serial No. 837,010.

To all whom it may COTZCC/I'TL Be it known that l, QLINTHUS 13. Room-SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denton, in the countyof Benton and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Detergent Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to detergent devices, and more particularly towashing niachines adapted for the purpose of cleansing articles ofapparel.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a device forthe cleansing of clothes or articles of apparel, which consists of awashing machine and a hot and cold water retaining tank, and suitableconnections between the washing machine, the cold water supply tank, andthe water heating mechanism, whereby the water within the washingmachine may be regulated to any desired thermal degree for the propercleansing of the clothes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists insuch novel features of construction, combination. and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference designatelike or correspondingparts throughout the several views, and in whichFigure 1 is a top plan view of the detergent device,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the water heating devicebroken away so as to expose the connections be tween the various tanksand the washing machine, and

Fig. 3 is an end view of the improved detergent device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the washingmachine, which is constructed of an outer casing 2, having a rotatablecylinder mounted therein, (not shown). which cylinder is rotated throughthe medium of a hand wheel 3, which hand wheel is mounted upon a stubshaft a journaled in one end of the outer casing. The stub shaft has agear 5 mounted thereon and is located above the shaft upon which therotary cylinder (not shown) is carried and upon which ismounted a gear 6with which it meshes. Said gear 6 is of increased diameter J1 h respectto the gear 5. I

The washing machine 1 has connected thereto a pipe 10, which pipeextends from the washer and has direct connnunication with a tank 11,which tank is formed upon the water heating deiulce not shown. The waterheating device consists of any suitable type of furnace mechanism forheating the water. The tank 11 has secured thereto, near its upper end,a pipe 14, which pipe extends laterally froin the heat generatingmechanism, and has communication with the lower end of a cold waterretaining tank 15 The pipe 14 has communicatively connected thereto alength of pipe 16, which extends transversely of the pipe 14, and isbent at 17, extending downwardly, and has communication with the pipe 10at 18. A valve 19 is positioned within the pipe 16, near thecommunication with the pipe 10, which valve controls the flow of waterthrough the pipe 16 and into the pipe 10. A valve mechanism 21 isinterposed in the pipe 14, and controls the passage of the water orother liquid from the tank 15 into the tank 11. The pipe 14: hasconnected thereto, between the valve 21 and the tank 11, a pipe 22,which pipe is bent as at 23 and. 24, so as to extend inwardly anddownwardly, for com. munication with the pipe 10. The pipe 22 has avalve mechanism 25 interposed therein. a diacent the connection betweenthe pipe and the pipe 10. for controlling the flow of water through thepipe 22 into the pipe 10. A valve mechanism 26 is mounted in the pipe 10and controls the passage of the water from the heat generating deviceinto the washer 1. By the manipulation of the various valve mechanismsas heretobefore described, the amount of water permitted to flow intothe washer may be regulated as desired, for instance: when it is desiredto first wash the clothes, the valve 19 is closed and the valve 21 isopened so as to permit of the flow of cold water from the waterretaining tank 15 into the tank 11 of the heating mechanism device,where the water is heated and passes outwardly from the tank 11 throughthe pipe 10 and into the washer 1. If the water is too hot, the valve 19may be opened, which will permit of the passage of a certain amount ofcold water into the washer, and thus the temperature of the water may beregulated. If it is desired to admit steam to the interior of thewasher, for more thoroughly cleansing the clothes, the valve 21 isclosed and the valve 25 opened, which permits of the passage of steamout of the upper end of the tank into the washing machine 1. After theclothes have been thoroughly washed and it is desired to rinse them, thevalve 21 is closed and the valve 19 opened, the valve 25 being closed,which will admit the cold water from the retaining tank 15 into thewashing machine 1, for thoroughly rinsing the clothes preparatory towringing them out to dry.

In reducing the invention to practice, such minor features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts may necessitatealteration, to which the patentee is entitled, provided such alterationsare comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is The combination with a washing machine of an intakepipe connection from the bottom of the shell thereof, a cold water feedtank, a hot water tank, a first pipe leading from said cold water tankto the top of said hot water tank, a valve in said pipe, a second pipeleading from the lower portion of said hot water tank to said intakepipe connection, controlling means for the flow through said secondpipe, a third pipe communicating with said first pipe at a point inadvance of said valve and leading to said intake pipe connection, meansfor controlling the fiow through said third pipe, a fourth pipecommunicating with said first pipe at a point beyond said valve andleading to said intake pipe connection, and a valve in said fourth pipe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLINTHUS B. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

E. I. KEY, W. S. YEAGLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

